eg. “Is he ichthyophagous?” “Yes, I believe him to be ichthyophagously* inclined.” *Used here in its adverbial form.
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May 9, 2004
Words that just sound funny, #68 (Mother’s Day edition): “ichthyophagous”
eg. “Is he ichthyophagous?” “Yes, I believe him to be ichthyophagously* inclined.” *Used here in its adverbial form.
May 9, 2004
Brautigan, Revisited – an American love story
Chapter 8: You Be the Painter and I’ll Be the Critic Chapter 1. Chapter 2. Chapter 3. Chapter 4. Chapter 5. Chapter 6. Chapter 7. “A long time ago,” I began, “before you were born and then some, I spent my salad days wandering from one small town to the next, catching trout and fileting them down into silvery slick trout metaphors. As it happened, these metaphors turned a generation’s
May 9, 2004
Authenticity
From the cutting room floor, ABC News, continued: 20/20’s Barbara Walters: “Teresa. While giving an interview to Telemundo recently — and we should point out to our viewers that Telemundo is NBC‘s Spanish-language network — you called Vice President Dick Cheney ‘unpatriotic’…” Teresa Heinz Kerry: “I did indeed, Barbara.” Barbara Walters: “That is quite a serious charge to level at a sitting Vice President, wouldn’t you agree? Especially during a
May 8, 2004
Morris Buttermaker draws Councilman Whitewood’s attention to a small oversight
Buttermaker: “You forgot to sign the check, the check is not signed.” **** Update : Worst news ever. Ever. Ever. update 2: What will happen to this line in the remake, do you think? My guess: “Jews, Spics, Blacks, homos, and now a girl…?
May 8, 2004
Morris Buttermaker draws Councilman Whitewood’s attention to a small oversight
Buttermaker: “You forgot to sign the check, the check is not signed.” **** Update : Worst news ever. Ever. Ever. update 2: What will happen to this line in the remake, do you think? My guess: “Jews, Spics, Blacks, homos, and now a girl…?
May 8, 2004
Brautigan, Revisited – an American love story
Chapter 7: Velveeta Cheese and Blackberry Jelly Chapter 1. Chapter 2. Chapter 3. Chapter 4. Chapter 5. Chapter 6. “Would you like a sandwich, Elizabeth?” I asked, gently caressing her shoulder. I’d woken up early and toweled off, then drained the tub in which she and I had spent the night. I left a clean white towel on the ledge. Elizabeth was slow to respond. The heavy door from her
May 8, 2004
For the visitor who arrived here after doing an Excite™ search for “sexual afrodisiacs”
This what you’re looking for…? Glad I could help.
May 8, 2004
For the visitor who arrived here after doing an Excite™ search for “sexual afrodisiacs”
This what you’re looking for…? Glad I could help.
May 8, 2004
Words that just sound funny, #177: “gypsum”
eg. “Is that your gypsum?” “Yes, that gypsum* belongs to me.” *Hydrated Calcium Sulfate